Hometown heroes To The Editor: Re “Lovin’ brothers jam” (Scoopy’s Notebook, May 8): Hooray for the Sebastian brothers, born and bred in Greenwich Village. Hometown boys make good! Peggy Friedman Neigh to the ban! To The Editor: Shirley Secunda is right in her letter “Horses not Cars” (May 1). Horses have partnered with humans since read more here »

Classic ‘menu speech’ To The Editor: Re “Renato Migliorini, 82, partner in Hudson restaurant” (obituary, May 1): Renato was one of my favorite New York City people — maybe even the absolute favorite. I’ll miss him, like everyone who ever had the honor of meeting, speaking and listening to his wonderful “menu speech.” I’d like to read more here »

No leader? No riot To The Editor: “Village gay rights museum?” (Scoopy’s Notebook, April 24) refers to the “Stonewall Riots.” As one who was there four of the five nights, there was no leader to manage a riot. This is why it is called an “uprising.” I also refer to it as a “happening” that read more here »

Just say no to Nublu To The Editor: Re “Nublu is cool” (letter, by Mac McGill, April 10): Let me start off by saying that Mac McGill and I have been good friends for many years. Next, let me point out that I am not particularly for, or against, the new bars. Because Community Board read more here »

Way to go! To The Editor: Re “The new-look Villager wins first-place award for Design Excellence” (news article, April 10): At a time when print media is in decline, The Villager is soaring. Congrats! Joseph Hanania Don’t design us out! To The Editor: Re “The new-look Villager wins first-place award for Design Excellence” (news article, read more here »

PETA-perfect piece To The Editor: Re “Ban the carriage horses; Keep the Citi Bikes” (editorial, April 3): On behalf of PETA and our thousands of members in Manhattan, thank you for the kind and lucid editorial about the carriage horses. It frames the issue perfectly. Dan Mathews Mathews is senior vice president, PETA (People for read more here »

Leading the way To The Editor: Re “Nolita apartments illegally deregulated, building tenants say” (news article, March 27): The Villager is the only New York City paper doing this kind of reporting. The Fourth Estate should not be passively posting what has already happened, but leading the way. Thanks for pointing the right direction. Tom read more here »

Lies and distortions To The Editor: Regarding your March 20 talking point, “After director’s firing, WBAI sale is now rumored,” by Paul DeRienzo: DeRienzo is no disinterested observer of this issue; he is a former WBAI employee and board member. I find it amazing that almost five years after my summary removal as WBAI’s program read more here »

Biased report To The Editor: Re “Zipper reconsidered: N.Y.U. retools project it says it can still build” (news article, March 13): As for Professor Magder’s statement about N.Y.U. Faculty Against the Sexton Plan being comprised of only 400 faculty, let’s put that into perspective: The University Open Space Priorities Space Committee that he chaired had read more here »

Bronx bummer To The Editor: Re “N.Y.U. cries foul” (letter, by Philip Lentz, Feb. 27): Apparently, Mr. Lentz was not an N.Y.U. employee when N.Y.U. owned the Bronx campus. Indeed, Mr. Leguizamo is quite correct that the university had a large Bronx campus. But, like so many mistakes the N.Y.U. administration makes, with the sale read more here »